08 January 2013

At the beginning of each year, I think long about a word (a concept?)
to focus and give attention to.
For 2013, my word is ‘Time’.

I think what I’d like to make happen is a shift in my
attitude toward this gift we call Time…

Time is an investment, not something to be
conquered or even caught up with.

My time is not more valuable than any other
person’s, so my focus on others’ time is important.

Although becoming more efficient isn’t a bad
goal, it’s not my main one.
Checking off more tasks on my to-do list isn’t my goal. Likely I’ll spend a little time
deciding which items can be erased from that list. Be more effective and
less productive might be a good way to say it?

The rushed-ness of life stresses me out. I end up a frazzled and ineffective
mess when I’m doing nothing more than putting out the fire that’s right in
front of me. In that way I do need
to practice more ‘time management’ skills. Note to self…most things can wait!

So on the days that I am less stressed,
my creativity kicks in and I am more artistically effective (isn’t it fun how
that works?)

Which leads me to another focus for this year…create. I’m getting too old to keep telling
myself that I’ll do everything else first and do my art with the leftover
scraps of the day.

If I allow myself to be the creative soul God
meant me to be, I can give a better version of myself to my family and to
others.

I could keep going, but enough already...

And so Time is the key…being aware of it, wrapping it warm around me and savoring it, giving it
away (almost always a good idea), and protecting it when I need to.

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